The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-13
JENNY LIND AT HOME.
How the Quaint Little Old Woman
Lives-Her Romantic Marriage and
Her Charities.

that Jenny Lind, the once famous
Swedish nightingale, has become
paralyzed, and that her death is
looked for at any day. Her great
.triumphs in the United States in 1845
are parts of the history of this coun-
try, and when she shallshave passed
away many Americans will feel as if
great fellow countrywoman has
gone.
On September 19. the Philadelphia
Press published the following letter
from London, which will now be
read with peculiar and painful inter-
est:
1t hardly seems possible that the
quaint little old lady, Nine Lind
Goldschmidt,:: with whom I have re-
Gently spent so charming an evening,
is really the same Jenny Lind" who
thrilled the world with. her unparal-
leled voice and made it ring with her
praises a generation or more ago.
Although never truly beautiful wo-
man, the great cantatrice, Judging
from the many different portraits
that are hanging tractive and eDgag-
ing in her appearance, but to-day she
is the plainest, most old-fashioned
little body imaginable, dressing in
the style of thirty-fve years ago, with
funny little cape folded over her
shoulders and a curiously fashioned
| cap on her head, underneath which
her hair is drawn down smoothly on
her face over her ears. Added to
these peculiarities, she wears dress
made in perfectly plain manner,
"gathered'' into a belt at the waist
and with no attempt whatever at or.
| nsmentation in the way of trimming
or overskirt.
Few people, I fancy, save her very
intimate friends, are aware of the ex-
ceedingly romantic nature of Jenny
Lind's marriage, not so many years
ago, to Mr.. Otto Goldschmidt, who
is. perhaps fully fifteen years her
junior, and although bald-headed,
rather elderly looking gentleman,
still appears to be much younger
than his talented wife. When Jenny
Lind came to America Sir Jules Ben
edict also came az her accompanist.
He was oblighed to return for some
reason suddenly to England: and the
great singer bethought her of poor
young German musician, whom she
had met some time before in Ger
many, and, as soon as possible, Sc
cured his services in the place of Sir
Jules Benedict's. The young man,
like all who came within sound of the
magical voice, soon became Jenny
Lind's admirer and presently her
slave. Never dreaming that he
might in any way hope for return
of his passion, he determined to leave
her, and, upon announcing this fact,
and telling her he could no longer
endure her perfect Indifference to
him, she told him of her concealed
love for him, and they soon went
together to England, where they mar.
ried and have since lived.
Their present residence is l Nor
ton Gardens, Bolton. S. ", and is
comfortable rather than preten-
tious abode. 1t is full of souvenirs
Of Jenny Lind's esrly trlumphs, and
there are also many valuable pic
lures. A large portrait of the Prin.
cess Christian is hung in a conspic.
uous place, and is the gift of her
Royal Highness, who was fayorite
pupil and is now warm friend of
Nine -Goldschmidt, often CON-
ing to visit her in the most Informal
way. Jenny Lind is also great ia
vorite with the Queen and the royal
family generally. Nine Lind.Gold-
schmidt has three children, ,one daugh-
ter and two sons, none of them, how.
ever, having the least musical talent.
One is in the army.
There is little left of the once glo-
rious voice of Jenny Lind, and she
rarely uses it at all except in in
structing some pupil how to render
passage of song. She is most
charitable woman, and for some years
has had class of ten poor girls
whom she teaches twice a week at
her own home and prepares for opera
and concert. She is, however, very
careful in selecting for this class Oh.
| ly those who have very decided tal-
ent and unusul natural voice. The
failing health of the greatest singer
that has ever lived" will deprive
many poor girl of her valuable in
struction and, perhaps, the musical
world of some brilliant stars.